St. Johnstone vs Greenock Morton: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

St. Johnstone play Greenock Morton in Championship (Scotland). The match date is 20 December 2025 at 16:00. Final score: 5:0.

Current form

St. Johnstone: 5-0-0, 3.00 points/match. Greenock Morton: 0-2-3, 0.40 points/match.

Goal statistics

St. Johnstone scores 1.86 and concedes 0.69 goals per match. Greenock Morton scores 1.00 and concedes 1.42. League average: 2.43 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: St. Johnstone 42%, Greenock Morton 56%. Over 2.5: St. Johnstone 47%, Greenock Morton 42%. League level: BTTS 48%, Over 2.5 44%.

xG, shots and style

St. Johnstone has higher xG: 1.78 vs 1.17. St. Johnstone: 15.2 shots per match, Greenock Morton: 9.4.

Match halves

St. Johnstone: half-time lead 44%, second-half goals 0.94. Greenock Morton: half-time lead 36%, second-half goals 0.47.

Goals by minute

St. Johnstone: 16-30 (16 goals). Greenock Morton: 16-30 (9 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Championship: 2.43 goals per match, BTTS 48%, Over 2.5 44%.

Head-to-head

3 H2H matches: 2-1-0. Average goals 2.67, BTTS 33%.

Half-by-half

3 : 0
1st half
2 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

61Possession (%)39
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
14Shots4
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
7Shots on target0
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
1.88xG0.52
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
2Corners1
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
72Dangerous attacks36
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
17Fouls12
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
1Cards3
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
1.86Goals scored / match1
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
0.69Goals conceded / match1.42
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
60%Average possession48%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
5.11Shots on target / match3.22
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

15.17Shots per match9.39
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
5.11Shots on target3.22
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
12.3%Shot conversion10.7%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
60%Possession48%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
1.78xG for1.17
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
0.83xG against1.52
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

Shooting quality

St. Johnstone: DominantGreenock Morton: Balanced
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
Accuracy (shots on target)34%34%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.12
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.360.31

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

St. Johnstone is 650% better for: last-5 form.

3 pts / match - St. Johnstone · 0.4 pts / match - Greenock Morton

St. Johnstone
WWWWW
5 wins in a row
Season result split
61% W31% R8% P
Season (W-D-L)
22-11-3
2.14 pts / match · goal difference +42
Last 5 (W-D-L)
5-0-0
3.00 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
11-6-1
Last 5 at home
4-1-0
WWDWW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.6Goals conceded: 0.4xG: 1.71Opponent xG: 0.67BTTS: 20%Over 2.5: 40%
Greenock Morton
LLDLD
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
22% W39% R39% P
Season (W-D-L)
8-14-14
1.06 pts / match · goal difference -15
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-2-3
0.40 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
3-6-9
Last 5 away
1-0-4
LWLLL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.8Goals conceded: 2.2xG: 1.24Opponent xG: 1.48BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 60%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

St. Johnstone is 86% better for: goals scored per match.

1.86 goals / match - St. Johnstone · 1 goals / match - Greenock Morton

St. Johnstone is 106% better for: goals conceded per match.

0.69 goals / match - St. Johnstone · 1.42 goals / match - Greenock Morton

St. Johnstone scoring profile: very strong

St. Johnstone scores in 81% of matches (29 of 36 matches), while Greenock Morton keeps a clean sheet in 25% (9 of 36 matches).

Greenock Morton scoring profile: mixed

Greenock Morton scores in 69% of matches (25 of 36 matches), while St. Johnstone keeps a clean sheet in 56% (20 of 36 matches).

67Goals scored (season)36
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
25Goals conceded (season)51
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
2.56Average goals in match2.42
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
13Goals scored (last 5)4
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
2Goals conceded (last 5)11
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

How often they score at least...

81%1 goal69%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
53%2 goals28%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
28%3 goals3%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
19%4 goals0%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

How often they concede at least...

44%1 goal75%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
19%2 goals33%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
6%3 goals22%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
0%4 goals8%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

48%
League average

Goal patterns

14%BTTS at half-time14%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
6%BTTS in both halves3%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
31%Scored in both halves19%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

BTTS and goal count

33%Min. 3 goals and BTTS31%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
14%Min. 3 goals without BTTS11%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
20%BTTS - last 560%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

69%Min. 1 goal before half-time69%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
36%Min. 2 goals before half-time25%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
17%Min. 3 goals before half-time8%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

2nd half

67%Min. 1 goal after half-time75%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
39%Min. 2 goals after half-time42%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
14%Min. 3 goals after half-time17%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

St. Johnstone is 15% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.72 pts / match - St. Johnstone · 1.5 pts / match - Greenock Morton

St. Johnstone - half-time state
44% leading39% draw17% trailing
Greenock Morton - half-time state
36% leading42% draw22% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.72Points per match (1st half)1.5
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
0.92Goals scored (1st half)0.53
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
0.36Goals conceded (1st half)0.53
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
1.28Average goals (1st half)1.06
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
69%Clean sheet before half-time64%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
47%No goal before half-time53%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

After half-time (2nd half)

1.89Points per match (2nd half)1.03
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
0.94Goals scored (2nd half)0.47
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
0.33Goals conceded (2nd half)0.89
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
1.28Average goals (2nd half)1.36
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
78%Clean sheet after half-time44%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton
42%No goal after half-time58%
St. JohnstoneGreenock Morton

St. Johnstone - second-half results

50% W39% R11% P
62
Half-time points
33
Half-time goals
+20
Goal difference (1st half)
68
Second-half points
+22
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.72
PPG before half-time
Lead holding139%

Leads at half-time in 44% of matches and wins 61%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.0

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Greenock Morton - second-half results

22% W36% R42% P
54
Half-time points
19
Half-time goals
0
Goal difference (1st half)
37
Second-half points
-15
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.50
PPG before half-time
Lead holding61%

Leads at half-time in 36% of matches and wins 22%. Sometimes loses the lead after half-time.

Defence after half-time+0.4

Concedes 0.4 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

St. Johnstone - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match2.202.20
Goals scored / match1.41.2
Goals conceded / match0.20.2
Average goals in match1.61.4
1 goal80%60%
2 goals60%40%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet80%80%
No goal20%40%
Goal difference+6+5
Half-time: 60% leading - 40% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 40% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 7
Greenock Morton - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.600.40
Goals scored / match0.40.4
Goals conceded / match0.41.8
Average goals in match0.82.2
1 goal60%80%
2 goals20%80%
3 goals0%40%
Clean sheet80%20%
No goal60%60%
Goal difference0-7
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 40% draw - 60% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 2

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

St. Johnstone
ScoredConceded
6
5
0-15
16
2
16-30
11
6
31-45
10
5
46-60
9
3
61-75
15
4
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 16-30 (16 goli). Concedes most in 31-45 (6). Late-goal balance (76-90): +11 - wins late phases.

Greenock Morton
ScoredConceded
3
5
0-15
9
7
16-30
7
7
31-45
3
14
46-60
7
6
61-75
7
12
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 16-30 (9 goli). Concedes most in 46-60 (14). Late-goal balance (76-90): -5 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.49
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.6 : 0.8
Estimated goal split
home : away
102%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
49%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+7%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
56%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
6%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 17 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

St. Johnstone

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.95
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.22
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-17.8 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.08
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.14
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
139%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
63%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.86
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.0
Late goals
22% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 9% come in the first quarter-hour.
22%

Greenock Morton

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.35
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.07
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+2.1 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.17
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.10
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
92%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
106%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.66
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.1
Late goals
19% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 8% come in the first quarter-hour.
19%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Championship).

Teams vs league

St. JohnstoneLigaGreenock Morton
Average goals in match 2.562.43 2.42
Both teams scored 42%48% 56%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 47%44% 42%
Clean sheets 56%33% 25%
Goal before half-time 69%70% 69%
Goal after half-time 67%68% 75%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.43
Average goals per match
48%
Both teams scored
44%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
33%
Clean sheets
1.34
Home goals / match
1.09
Away goals / match
+23%
Home attack advantage
+19%
Home defence advantage
+12%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
70%
1 goal
29%
2 goals
11%
3 goals
3%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
68%
1 goal
39%
2 goals
17%
3 goals
4%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Recent meetings (3): St. Johnstone 2 - 1 - 0 Greenock Morton. Average goals 2.67, both teams scored in 33% matches.

Greenock Morton FC
0 : 2
Saint Johnstone FC
Greenock Morton FC
0 : 4
Saint Johnstone FC
Saint Johnstone FC
1 : 1
Greenock Morton FC

FAQ

What was the result of St. Johnstone vs Greenock Morton?

The Championship match finished St. Johnstone 5:0 Greenock Morton. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What is the head-to-head record between St. Johnstone and Greenock Morton?

In the last 3 head-to-head matches St. Johnstone won 2, Greenock Morton won 0 and 1 ended level. These games averaged 2.67 goals, with both teams scoring in 33% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before St. Johnstone vs Greenock Morton?

St. Johnstone score 1.86 goals per game on average and Greenock Morton 1.00. The Championship average is 2.43 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 44% of games. Both teams score in 42% of St. Johnstone's matches and 56% of Greenock Morton's.

What form are St. Johnstone and Greenock Morton in?

Over the last 5 games St. Johnstone have a 5-0-0 record (3.00 points per game) and Greenock Morton 0-2-3 (0.40 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for St. Johnstone vs Greenock Morton?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.